iPhone SE vs TCL 10 Pro! Budget Battle!

Let’s say you’ve got $500 to spend and you want some change back. Apple and TCL have two VERY different options. Which company might convince you to part with your cash? Let’s take a look!

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TCL 10 Pro: By The Benchmarks!

TCL 10 Pro is kicking off an exciting year for mid ranger Androids! This phone is a shocking collection of hardware specs!

How does it perform in some real world benchmarks? Let’s take a look!

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OnePlus 8 and Value: “OnePlus Has Lost Their Way!”

OnePlus was a darling brand for gadget fans, but now they have the audacity to sell a phone at $999! How dare they!

Now there’s a OnePlus which is THE SAME PRICE as an iPhone 11 Pro! This travesty must not stand!

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LG V60 Camera Conclusion: One MAJOR Upgrade…

This year marks a generational improvement to phone camera tech. Larger sensors, more pixel dense arrays, a focus on higher quality video.

The V60 takes advantage of this new trend, and it’s right on the pulse. Images are more photographic. Video is more cinematic. Low light performance is incredible.

Yet for all the improvements we see on this main camera, this is still a “cost cutting” year for LG. Some of the peripheral camera tech hasn’t kept up as well…

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iPhone SE to iPhone SE 2020: Passing the Torch

It’s always nice to take a look back at where we’ve come. The original iPhone SE was one of the most important phone launches in Apple’s history. The new iPhone SE follows in a similar philosophy. How’d we get here, and what might it mean for future competition?

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OnePlus 8 (and 8 Pro): By The Benchmarks

OnePlus 8 BENCHMARKS!

I’ve been tracking phone performance for a couple years now. Sharing my early testing and impressions, let’s compare some numbers! Welcome to the first episode of By the Benchmarks!

How do these phones compare against last year’s OnePlus? Benchmarks don’t tell the whole story, but they’re a good place to start!

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iPhone SE BENCHMARKED! More Powerful Than ALL the Androids?

iPhone SE benchmarked! Apple makes the boldest claims about performance! Now there’s a premium chipset in an inexpensive iPhone. We’ve seen NUMEROUS tech articles:

“APPLE SELLS A PHONE FOR $400 WITH A MORE POWERFUL PROCESSOR THAN THE MOST EXPENSIVE ANDROIDS!”

Do those articles hold water? Let’s RENDER SOME VIDEO!

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Portrait Mode Fight! Software vs Hardware! Pixel 4 vs LG V60!

What makes for a better portrait photo? Google’s incredible camera software? LG’s brute force hardware? Which camera cuts around hair better? Which company delivers the more eye-pleasing background blur? Let’s FIGHT!

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